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Spectators: 7269 (Terracing: 5453, Seating: 1672, VIP seats: 144) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Marc Karlstedt took the kick off in the first half of the match. Marc Karlstedt sent away a hard shot on goal in the 4th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to IFK Barcelona getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Olof Hamnberg hit a great ball. Joar Hallgren's late challenge caught a Unexpected FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Joar Hallgren helped the player get up and apologised. In the 8th match minute, IFK Barcelona was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joar Hallgren to maneuver through the defense. Folke Glad showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marc Karlstedt in the 10th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Einar Snell in the 14th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ingemar Ekegren prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Einar Snell sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Joar Hallgren sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Einar Snell fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ingemar Ekegren having to interfere. Joar Hallgren fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ingemar Ekegren having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Einar Snell in the 46th minute of play forced Unexpected FC's goalkeeper Ingemar Ekegren to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The first half was very even, with the score at 0-0 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The referee felt a red card was in order, 56 minutes into the game, when Joakim Bergfeldt put in a rough tackle. 56 minutes into the game, one of Unexpected FC:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The goalkeeper, Ingemar Ekegren, was totally fooled by IFK Barcelona's Tage Söderberg, who 59 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. After 62 played minutes Unexpected FC got a freekick which was hit by Maximilian Rudkvist. 65 minutes into the match, Unexpected FC's goal looked a bit too open when Einar Snell came free, but Ingemar Ekegren reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Daniel Vallengren struck a weak shot in the 66th minute. Folke Glad didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Unexpected FC. 69 minutes into the match, Unexpected FC's goal looked a bit too open when Einar Snell came free, but Ingemar Ekegren reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Einar Snell might have been able to make a better finish in the 73rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ingemar Ekegren. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Einar Snell ran back to his position shaking his head. Folke Glad showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Daniel Vallengren, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. In the 77th minute the ball was on its way in behind Unexpected FC's goalkeeper Ingemar Ekegren, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. If Joar Hallgren had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Daniel Vallengren fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Folke Glad having to interfere. In the 85th minute, Joar Hallgren got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Joar Hallgren did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-3 to the left of a surprised Ingemar Ekegren 88 minutes into the match. When Einar Snell came up free with the goalie in the 96th minute, the IFK Barcelona fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Einar Snell couldn't finish the play.